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AX Interplanetary Lab - After analysing the result from it's
first survey on planet HOM, Projek Kaliper brought an unexpected
finding which suggest that the waypoint distance to a planet is
actually the distance between a craft and the planet's surface. It
contradicts the previous thought of a waypoint distance is always
between a craft and the centre of a planet.

Projek Kaliper is a survey mission to study the physical of the
planets in SOL system by transporting survey crafts on Kaliper
Vessel which are planned to visit every planet on the system. The
vessel's next stop will be the LUN and the result and detail of the
surveys will remain classified until the whole mission is
complete.

Rotating space stations have been in visionaries minds for
decades, but tomorrow, two stations will start the spinning burns
to apply the first artificial gravity experiment yet released to
the public. New information about the feasability of these stations
and their designs will come out in following articles.

Station Hammer had an unobserved first run which mimicked the
second run.

Space Station Sickle has been cancelled due to the complexity,
lack of expected difference in results, and no use for those
leftover parts. The parts of Station Hammer will become the spine
of a terminal located about 4 o'clock from home, 300 nav out

Interplanetary Laboratory at Angkasa-X just built and launched a
vessel for Projek Kaliper to study the physical of the planets in
the SA Universe . The Kaliper Vessel is an unmanned ship built to
transport 4 survey crafts required to perform a survey near every
planet in the SOL system . Station Builder was choosen to be the 4
survey crafts as it doesn't require a crew and carries the most
fuel .

The vessel has 8 fuel tank and two large solar panel which are more
than enough to supply the necessery need for the journey. The
vessel is propelled by another 2 Station Builder at the
middle for the launch and arrival burn.

First Test Survey Worked Better Than Expected

As seen in the mission patch, there are 4 survey crafts needed
to perform the s…

Interplanetary Laboratory in Angkasa-X has produced a chart of
Distance Between Planets and
Stations in SA Universe. The chart may help to plan the
fuel, water, oxygen tank or carbon dioxide scrubber needed during
an interplanetary travel. It also shows how isolated a planet is
compared to other planet when most of the value tabulated in the
column or row is high.

Using the coordinate of each objects from NaviComp waypoint,
distance of two planet can be retrieved using the calculation as
follows:

Distance = √ [ ( x2 - x1 )^2 + ( y2 - y1 )^2 ]

The lab in Angkasa-X used computer to compute and
tabulate the values.

MAS Military published a sequence of images captured during the
destruction of a spy station near STA. The missles were launched
with the help of a single Angkasa-X 's Siakap X4 rocket to launch
quadruple payloads which are the four missles.

The station was exploded and evaporated to solar flare-like
radiation. MAS Military not worrying about the impact says that the
radiation is harmless and only as 0.05% of the X6.9 solar
flare in 2011.

Angkasa-X has spent $122M on an experimental Moon Base project
which was successful but returned a negative result. The project
involves two launch of $24.9M Proton set up for Lunar Modules, a
$28.675M Punai9+ for Station Builder and five $8.8M Punai9+ for the
corridors. Punai is a light rocket series developed by Angkasa-X
for light weight payloads. Angkasa-X decided to reuse the remaining
corridors and station builder to reduce the expenses up to
50%.

The first trial was to land a Lunar Module docked with a
corridor but ended up with an explosion, conlcudes that the lander
cannot land with anything docked to it.

Second trial was to dock a landed module with 4 corridor
assembled in orbit creating a space-elevator like structure. The
long …

Kulat is a 'space city' or 'space habitat' built and owned
by Angkasa-X. It works as a host for multiple stations to be docked
together and create a large space habitat. Kulat also provides
energy and fuel supply for every stations that are docked to it. As
a host, it also provides construction services and facilites for
the developers that builds and docks their stations to Kulat's
spine.

Design

Angkasa-X learned a lot from the construction of it's first
station, Ayam . Kulat is designed to be flexible for expansion and
convenient to visit. It's location is also easy to navigate to
unline Ayam which located further away and requires longer time in
orbit before departure burn.

The Desdemona was a surface exploration vessel sent out
at the start of the last decade. It's crew vanished in orbit around
ENC.

The Desdemona's mission went as planned through arrival
at ENC. While in orbit around ENC, a large solar flare disrupted
communications. . The ship's last communication was:

"Copy information about upcoming solar event. The crew on board
the Desdemona will take shelter inside the radiation shelter of the
ships engine room.

Ingo and his assistant Natalia will remain on the surface. The
plant's magnetosphere combined with the shielding on the lander
should be sufficient protection. Ingo has discovered a network of
caves. This is an exciting discovery and he wants to have as much
time on the surface as possible. He also t…

Ayam is the first station built by Angkasa-X and owned by
Aliff Syukron & Partners in collaboration with Airb&b. It
is a simple and experimental station, nothing compared to
other stations built by other agencies. However, it is
revolutionary for Angkasa-X advancement.

Design

Habitation modules consist of 2 Std Modules, 1 Large Module
&

2 Cupolas pointed to Earth for viewing.

4 docking hubs

4 large solar panels

Available for 6 vehicle to dock to pressurized modules

About 200 units North-West form HOM

Construction of Habitation Section in orbit before relocation
to it's permanent location.

Construction

Ayam habitation modules were assembled in orbit before located
to it's permanent location.

This is the captain of Stellar 1. The long range communications
modules have been installed on the rear of the generation ship by
the crew, enabling communications beyond 10,000 navicomp units. The
crew is fine, but we all miss earth. We hope our messages will
arrive to our families in a few days. We are still very
enthusiastic about what we are doing, and we are about to activate
our cryogenic Pods for 2/3rds of the population while others
monitor them.

A large transport has been constructed in the orbital
construction zone near HOM. It will soon leave the solar system on
a 1000 year journey to a new star. The crew of 500 will then
disembark from the ship and descend onto a planet's surface. They
will colonise it and send a message back to HOM to tell us they
successfully completed their mission. It has never been done
before, and will likely be full of dangers. But the crew of Stellar
1 will endure it all, and accomplish the impossible. Good luck to
our brave crew, on a mission to discover new life, new
civilisations, and to colonise new worlds.

I have created a sandbox based on The Martian book and movie. It
has 28 modules and has an artificial gravity ring 5 modules wide. I
will be completing 6 ARES missions with the Hermes before it is
retired. Image below

Solar Outpost 1 & 2 were two ill-fated stations located near
the Sun. They were designed to operate as a pair.

Solar Outpost 1 (SU1) was located very close to the sun to study
the solar radiation. Due to the close proximity to the sun,
it would be difficult to cool a large self supporting
station. Instead a smaller station was designed that required
regular replenishment of 02 and C02 scrubbers. A sister
station, Solar Outpost 2, was constructed to resupply SU1.
Solar Outpost 2 (SU2) was located further from the sun where
cooling was not a problem.

The transfer of supplies between SU1 and SU2 was originally
intended to be done through a precise alignment of the two
stations. The ATV transfer vehicle would use the momentum
from undoc…

Rescue One is an unmanned ship designed to provide fuel, oxygen
and power to other ships in an emergency. It is automatically
locks onto a distress beacon and travels to its location.

When Rescue One arrives at the location of the emergency, it can
automatically dock with the vessel in distress to provide power and
atmosphere. The two station refuel silos can also be used to
refuel stranded ships with enough fuel to return home.

The solar panels on the stand-alone laboratory combined with the
batteries inside, provide enough power to recharge other ship's
batteries. The oxygen garden keeps the atmosphere fresh
inside Rescue One and also can replenish other ship's CO2 scrubber
and oxygen.

Station One was the original space station constructed by
Centari Spaceworks. It was located at the site of the
original STA station and was constructed using parts from it.

The communication arm with the Voyager X antenna, and the two
main docking ports point toward the home planet. This enables
easy docking with resupply ships and a constant communication
link.

The back side of the station contains the solar arrays and the fuel
storage tank. It is also the docking point for the station's
tug.

Resupply modules serve as station keeping engines. They
are balanced along the station's center line to enable for easy
adjustments. Keeping a station in balance was one of the
lessons learned during the construction of this station.

Tentatively titled the Shuttle Space Station, this
shuttle-based station has been designated "SSS" for NaviComp
use. Assembled at the newly functional International Space Port
(ISP), it was constructed around the recently retired shuttle
Stardust.

The Stardust was docked at the ISP undergoing
systems checks. It would be cleared for re-entry and it would
return to HOM, and next it would be retired. Then the proposal for
the SSS was put forth. The Stardust remained in
space, in port, receiving basic repairs and a few simple upgrades
as plans and designs were quickly approved.

Hello if you want to help me create the biggest and best Space
Station in the Space Agency world tell me your email and I will
send it to you as soon as possible. With your help we can make the
biggest Space Station ever, it will willhave many uses and at least
120 peices.The courdnance will be SAS (Super Awesome Station). If
you have any private question about it send your message to
jacksonsizelove@gmail.com. Please try and make it as best as you
can and remember it is going to be over 120 peices, if it blows up
please hit the reload button. When you want to stop building it I
am fine I will look at the progress and care for it daily. Please
do not touch the shuttle I will take care of it. If you put
something in a spot for a reason, or …

Wealthy oil tycoon and germaphobe, Harold Hawkes, commissioned
Centari Spaceworks to construct a small ship called the Hermit.
Rumor has it that he plans to live out his life in the far
reaches of the solar system away from the bacteria and germs on
Earth.

To begin the construction of the Hermit, an ATV was launched
with supplies including: water, food, and Harold's personal library
of books. It was connected to an oxygen garden to supply atmosphere
and additional food. A transponder module was added on for
communication. Finally an Orion Capsule with Harold was
launched and connected to the 3 modules already in Earth orbit.

Harold then left orbit, traveling first to KAT, the heading on
to JOR where he plans to stay until earth is free of…

Centari Spaceworks has designed two new parts that enable the
creation of more varied stations and ships: the 120° hub and the
long hub. Hopefully our part supplier, Nooleus, will
manufacture these parts soon.

The 120° hub enables the creation of hexagonal and angled
stations. It has the same dimension as the standard hub.
Instead of four ports at a 90°, it has 3 ports spaced at
120°. The larger spacing between ports means that it can fit
all existing parts without modification.

The long hub provides a way to dock large modules side by side.
Two standard hubs don't quite provide enough separation to
dock small modules side by side. While possible it requires a
slight overlap between the modules and docking must be done
carefully via th…

Centari Spaceworks has developed a docking bay door. The
door allows controlled access to an area of space. This can
be used to protect space craft or deny them access to an area.

The doors are operated by undocking one of the two hubs on the
bottom of the door. The force of the undocking provides the
energy to move the door without requiring thruster propellent.
However the station or ship should have station keeping
engines ready because sometimes the impact from open or closing a
door can cause the station to shift slightly.

The design of this door allows it to be extended to cover any
size opening. It can be adjusted by adding or removing
trusses.

Xerces Station is the large object, station or ship, in space
constructed by Centari Spaceworks.

It has two control rooms , five oxygen gardens , and the ability
to dock multiple ships, including the Shuttle.

It as undergone a series of upgrades since it was first
constructed.

Upgrading station keeping engines from Apollo Command Modules
to LK Lander Cores . The LK Lander Core engine fire up
instantly unlike the Apollo Command Modules which take a second or
two before igniting.

Repositoning the station keeping engines to the interior to
make more space for ship docking.

Addition of Voyager-X main bodies to serve as Oxygen/CO2
Scrubber lockers. These store fully charged Oxygen and CO2
Scrubbers that are used with the stations own ships. This
…

The Big Gulp is a bigger and better fuel tanker ship.
It has 6 fuel tanks , four more than compared to the
Little Gulp.

The Big Gulp is equiped for long range voyages to refuel
the most remote stations or ship. It has an Oxygen Garden to
keep the crew supplied with air. The solar panels provide
enough power for the ship (with the exception of the fuel
tanks).

It handles remarkably well for a large ship. The ATV at
the rear provides great rotational power. The LK Lander Core
at the front aids with deceleration and can be used in combonation
with the ATV to make lateral movements.

Today, Centauri Shipyards released two new ship designs, the
Little Gulp, and the Pufferfish.

Both new ships are based on the AX2 platform that uses two ATV
vehicles docked to a hub . A cupola is added for a cockpit
and control area on one of the ATV This base configuration
allows easy acceleration and deceleration of the ship. Cargo
modules can be connected to the two other ports of the hub.

In the Little Gulp configuration, two fuel tanks are
attached giving the vehicle a very long range and the ability to
refuel other vehicles. The Pufferfish is designed for
transporting O2 and CO2 scrubbers. The Voyager X bodies allow
the cargo to be transported without being used by the crew of the
Pufferfish.

The Sea Turtle is a 2nd generation large cargo ship
produced by Centauri Ship Yards. It can carry 48 units of
cargo. It also has space for 15 units of supplies for the
crew (O2 tank, C02 scubbers and batteries).

The foward section of the ship houses the control room,
communications, and an engine pod (LK Lander Core) to help with
deceleration. The middle portion of the ship contains 6 cargo
hold modules for transporting water or batteries. It also
houses a lateral engine used for rotating and lateral manuvers.
The aft section of the ship contains another engine pod, and
fuel.

The Sea Turtle was build using parts from the
decomissioned Squidward. Unlike the Squidward,
it has good lateral mobility thanks to the engine that is
positioned in …

The Squirt is a small cargo ship that is good for carrying water or
batteries. It is based on an earlier design, The Starfish,
which had only one hub. It has a capacity of 24 units of
cargo for short trips. However it typically only carries 20
units of cargo and uses the other space for additional life
support.

The engines on the ATV face
opposite directions enabling The Squirt to accelerate and
decelerate without having to rotate. It has very good
control forward and back, but moving side to side introduces
rotation. This is managable because the docking ports are
located on the front and back limiting the need for side to side
motion.

One ATV can also be detatched and used as a shuttle to transport
cargo to stations. This eliminates…

Space station Helios is currently a new work in progress station
in orbit of SOL. Space station helios (SSH) is currently a mere 10
modules out of the expected 26 module in-orbit station. SSH's main
purpose is to study solar flares and solar radiation hitting earth
to fully understand them and their effects on our atmosphere. There
are yet no photos of the station because it is still not
finished.

[more yet to come] [this blog is mainly a test because wikia
wont let me edit my blogs until I make a new one.(who knows
why)]

The front half of the ship is the command room and two
habitation modules for the crew. The 6 modules in the middle
are the cargo holds. They ship can carry a total of 48 units
of cargo

The solar panels on the rear can be used to charge the
batteries, however they must be collapsed before the main engines
can be used. Each of the LK Lander Core engines holds three
batteries which power the ship.

Oh, hello there. it's me. I just found out I have to do this
"journal post" every 3 mars rotations. (i really don't want to do
this even though it's for "science" and to "find how people handle
mars"

so, well, I just landed on Mars, or RED, as they (my crew) want me
to call it, (the most popular space program in the world. space
agency) a few rotations ago. (actually i will call them Madays
because this is making me mad and I just feel that way.) i gotta go
now, and sorry for the grammer and spelling errors. i will be back
soon. to tell you how i got here.
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In keeping with the spirit of interactive construction alive, as
with the current Community Sandbox, this new sandbox, known
simply as "Volunteer" has been added to the rotation, should
anyone wish to participate in its growth and development.

I don't have Facebook, but I'll gladly send it to everyone who
asks for a turn to add modules to the station. Perhaps with a
second Community Sandbox, everyone will get more chances to
participate.

Concept: construction of a new space station was
started, but only its massive central core was completed. With the
help of various space agencies this station can be built using the
inventive ideas of those in charge of these space programs.
I…

Space Station Heisenberg: designation for NaviComp use
has been assigned as "WKH", for it being named after German
theoretical physicist Werner Karl
Heisenberg.

Heisenberg is constructed of 68 modules and is considered
a "non-moving" platform. Yet it utilizes a heavily modified LK
Lander Core for both station-keeping and modest
propulsion/mobility. Though not as maneuverable or speedy as other
true movable vessels, it can change its location via its own
propulsion system.

Heisenberg is equipped with one Pod for station
maintenance and two Heavy Orion Craft for emergency evacuation. In
case of a radioactive leak, the entire nuclear refining module can
be jettisoned and destroyed with an attached micro-nuclear
warhead.

On March 11, 3:19 AM, (Moscow) Длинный путь 5 has successfully
landed on ENC Using the new LRSSP Mk3 and орбитальный
аппарат 2 have been sent to ENC at 3/4 of the speed of light. The
project started right after CS3 was repaired after a system
failure. This is a new milestone for Roscosmos and may mark further
exploration of ENC for other agencies. This is the fith Длинный
путь mission and the third successful one. This mission was also
followed by 2 lunar and 1 mars mission. LRSSP Mk 3is smaller than
LRSSP Mk 2 but is a wider, more balanced shape than LRSSP Mk 2 so
it can manover without central orbital/steering thrusters.

Also, LRSSP Mk 2 is still sitting at MSS. I am planning on
taking LRSSP Mk 2 and 3 somewhere beyond ENC Roscosmos for
the …